KRCL, Swiss-based ETH sign MoU

The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich have signed a MoU which will help Konkan Railway in establishing the George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology (GFITT) at Goa especially for assimilation and dissemination of knowledge in the field of tunneling.

The MoU was signed by Sanjay Gupta, CMD, KRCL and Prof Sarah Springman, Rector, ETH Zurich.

GFITT aims to not only train KRCL’s own manpower for its Tunneling Projects but also wishes to generate qualified and trained personnel for the benefit of other Government organisations, private sector and even foreign organisations to bridge the huge gap in levels of knowledge and qualified manpower required to meet the key segment of infrastructure development in India.